Study Abroad

Studying abroad is a really exceptional experience and I will get to do it if I stick to my plan of minoring in Spanish . When you study abroad for a Spanish minor most people go during one of their may terms. I plan to go to Costa Rica next year during may term of my sophomore year at Wartburg. My cousin has gone to Spanish speaking countries including Costa Rica many times and actually spends a lot of time doing mission work and studying abroad. I have heard lots of good things about studying abroad from her and it has really gotten me interested in doing so myself so I am actually really excited to go to Costa Rica.

Break

The first break is finally here. I feel like it is going to be a lot less productive of a break as I was hoping it would be. I really wanted to get a few hours of work in so I could get a good chunk of free spending money but this definitely is not going to be the case. Since there weren't any hours to pick up at the nursing home this weekend instead I went and had the heating and air conditioning in my car fixed today, tomorrow I am going to see Shelby, Saturday hopefully I will get to hang out and go see some old friends, and then Sunday my family is going to go out to eat with my grandma. Although it is still a good weekend I was really hoping to work and see the residents and make some spending money too. I miss working as weird as that probably sounds, but I enjoy doing CNA work and I cant wait to get to actually be a nurse.

Drama drama drama

There's drama happening on Vollmer ground right now. I really thought that I wouldn't have to see this type of drama after coming to college because I figured that people would have left their petty drama and immature attitudes at home. I'm not really even involved in it and it bugs me. I hate when people argue and I hate drama. Its just immature and people our age should be mature enough to handle things in a way that is much more civil and much less dramatic. Its rediculous and its over things that are really stupid that have blown out of control. I just don't get it. I'm just glad its not my drama even though I still am kind of a part of it because it invovles friends of mine.

Can't schools spread out their tests???

There are a lot of things going on lately and I feel like I have been trying to understand and prepare myself a lot better than I have been before but I still feel super behind and unprepared and like I don't understand the materials like I'm supposed to be. I have more tests coming up. I have one in spanish, one in chemistry, and one in biology. I am definately not prepared for spanish at all. I'm comprehending the concepts in biology but I don't have the terminology memorized even remotely and I'm sure that the terminology is going to be the most important thing to know for the test. For chemistry oh boy I need to do some hardcore studying because I have tried so hard lately to pay attention and learn everything but I still feel so far behind and don't understand it all. I'm going to study tomorrow big time but I still don't think it will be enough to do very good on the test. I guess we will see how this all goes! Yikes!

College Roomates

Coming to college I had already talked to my roomate and thought it was going to workout a lot better than it has. After getting here and living together though I realized she acts different and feels differently about things then she led me to believe. Don't get me wrong I like my roomate but things are just slowly starting to irk me. Her things are slowly piling up around the room and are beginning to migrate into my space, she has been using some of my things without knowing if it was alright to, and she has been disposing of things in the trashcan I got for our room that really shouldn't be disposed of in our room. Its not awful and I know it could be much worse like some people fight with their roommates and I don't have that problem. However it is still very irritating and sometimes its really hard not to get upset and say something to her. I'm sure I'll survive the rest of the year andthen next year I'll be able to room with one of my friends that I've met here so it should be a lot better.

My Laptop

Well this week was crazy. My group for IS did almost nothing for our project so I got stuck making the powerpoint myself and finding the majority of the information myself. Then I broke my laptop by accidentally spilling cappuccino on it during biology and fried the keyboard so now I'm getting it fixed and thankfully its only going to cost me about $75. However to add onto this I had all my information on my laptop for my IS paper so I had to basically restart it all at the library but fortunately I had my sources and some background info and when I went to safely eject my usb it didn't have any option to and so I ended up losing all my work and and all my information, research, sources and the worst part was that I lost all the articles I found that pertained to my subject that I had the hardest time finding. So now it looks like I'm going to have to restart all over... yet again once I get my laptop back, which will hopefully be on Wednesday. Never realized how much I used my laptop and how much I needed it til now.

Homosexuality Debate

I have been hearing about a debate that is going to be occurring on Friday in either one or a couple IS 101 classes about whether homosexuality is wrong and if it is a sin or not. Today I have had the privilege of spending seven wonderful months with my girlfriend. I don't think I could ask for anyone more perfect for me or anyone that could make me happier. So clearly this is an issue that is very close to heart for me. This debate concerns me because I feel like it is only going to cause problems and crate unwanted tension between people. I have always kind of had an odd view of homosexuality and homophobes. While I do feel that homophobia is an issue and I clearly believe that it is okay and I am proud of my sexuality I know that trying to shove it down peoples throats and trying to force them to agree is going to get people nowhere. I want other people to be respectful of my choices, feelings and beliefs so I try to be respectful to those who may have differing opinions. I don't like conflict and I don't like being disrespectful but I don't want to feel like I can't be myself in public. A lot of homosexuals overcompensate and seem to shove their pride for their sexuality in other people's faces and I don't think that's any better than homophobes shoving their anti-gay beliefs in our faces. I still am proud of myself but I do it on a reasonable, respectful level. I'm honest and open about it especially if someone asks me a question, I don't try to hide my sexuality, I openly talk about my relationship no differently than I would if I instead had a boyfriend, and I always have my rainbow earring in and my rainbow pin on my lanyard. But don't get me wrong I am not afraid to fight for what I believe in and stand up for myself or others if they're being treated unfairly, rudely or are being attacked because of their sexuality. If someone were to get in my face or anyone else's and say that homosexuals are an abomination, or disgusting, or should go to hell I will gladly roll my sleeves up and let them know how I feel and put them in their place without hesitation. The way I feel about it all is that you can have your own opinion all you want just keep it to yourself and don't treat others as lesser because they are different from you.

I think I'm going crazy!

This week has seemed like quite an odd week. I feel like I'm going crazy, all week I have felt very discombobulated, my thoughts are scrambled, I feel one step forward at times and at others three steps back, I don't have a ton of homework so I feel like I'm forgetting assignments, I keep misplacing and losing things and all this week the days just don't feel right. This week Monday felt like it was Wednesday, Tuesday felt like Thursday, Wednesday I couldn't decide at all; one moment it felt like Sunday,  another moment it felt like Monday, and at other times it felt like Friday; and today it feels like it should be a Sunday. All this confusion and I cant figure out why. I'm just very out of it. I really hope that I can get my head on straight before next week comes around because I'm not sure if I can keep from going insane if I have to go through this another week.